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801229

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date	05/12/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Hinkley Point C Power Station
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the reply by Lord Henley on 4 December (HL Deb, col 850), what steps they intend to take to manage the risk of high electricity costs arising from the Hinkley Point C plant, particularly with regard to (1) poor people, and (2) commercial users.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL3886
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2017 answer text <p>The strike price for Hinkley Point C (HPC) is fixed at £92.50 (2012 prices, rising with CPI inflation) for each megawatt hour (MWh) generated over the first 35 years of operation. The strike price is made up of a combination of wholesale market prices and a levy on consumer energy bills and ensures that consumers will pay no more than this for electricity from HPC during the contract period. When wholesale prices rise above the strike price the developer will need to repay the difference. When shared across consumers (households and businesses), payments under the Contract for Difference will amount to around £12 of the average household bill over 2026 – 2030 (based on 2012 prices).</p><p> </p><p>This Government is committed to tackling fuel poverty. In line with our commitment to upgrade fuel poor homes to band C by 2030 we are taking action to support households in fuel poverty. The Warm Home Discount provides over 2 million low income and vulnerable households each year with a £140 rebate on their energy bills, including this winter. Since April, 70% of the £640m per year Energy Company Obligation has been focused on low income households through the Affordable Warmth part of the scheme. It will upgrade the energy efficiency of over 300,000 homes per year, tackling the root cause of fuel poverty. We are also safeguarding the competitiveness of those energy intensive industries particularly exposed to the additional costs arising from the Contract for Difference by exempting them from a proportion of these costs. An exemption scheme allows for real-time changes in energy use to be taken into account and provides certainty to business.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 13/12/2017 16:00:55 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

801230

registered interest
date	05/12/2017
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Philippines: Drugs
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the government of the Philippines about (1) investigations into the death of Kian delos Santos, (2) the circumstances of the deaths of 3,900 "drug personalities", and (3) the deaths of 2,000 others for drug-related crimes.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL3887
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2017 answer text <p>The Government regularly urges the Philippine government to ensure all deaths associated with the war on illegal drugs are investigated. Most recently, on 4 December, the Minister of State for Asia and the Pacific raised this with Under Secretary Manalo of the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs, as did officials through the UK-Philippine High Level Talks the same day.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 18/12/2017 13:34:39 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

801231

registered interest
date	05/12/2017
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Palestinians: Self-determination of States
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what means they have identified by which the Palestinian people may exercise their right to self-determination; and if none, whether they will refer that issue to UN and other international agencies.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL3888
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2017 answer text <p>The UK supports the Palestinian people in realising self-determination through an independent, sovereign, and unified Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza. That is why we provide funding to the Palestinian Authority and support its state-building efforts in order to maintain stability, provide vital services, as well as build and strengthen the institutions needed for a viable Palestinian state. The British Government is committed to making progress towards a two-state solution. We believe that peace will only come through negotiations between the parties, but that international action could play a role in supporting progress towards that goal.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 19/12/2017 16:47:39 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

801232

registered interest
date	05/12/2017
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Israel: West Bank
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the government of Israel about any further house demolitions or destructions of education premises in Area C of the West Bank and the possibility of such actions being treated as forced transfers of population, in contravention of international law.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL3889
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2017 answer text <p>We most recently raised the issue of demolitions with the Israeli authorities on 29 November. As the Minister for the Middle East set out in a Westminster Hall debate on 6 December, the UK position on demolitions is clear: we consider them entirely unacceptable. In all but the most exceptional cases, they are contrary to international humanitarian law. Demolitions or evictions of Palestinian families from their homes cause unnecessary suffering and call into question Israel’s commitment to a viable two-state solution. The UK is particularly concerned by Israeli proposals to relocate the Bedouin population from the E1 area. The UN has said that these proposals could constitute forcible transfer.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 19/12/2017 16:48:29 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

800444

registered interest
date	04/12/2017
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Syria: Sanctions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what was their response at the time to the appeal made on 23 August 2016 to lift international sanctions against Syria by three Christian Patriarchs residing in Damascus; and whether they intend to give the matter renewed consideration.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL3831
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2017 answer text <p>The Government is aware of the appeal made on 23 August 2016 by the Christian Patriarchs to lift international sanctions against Syria. We continue to believe that sanctions we support against Syria are justified. Sanctions have been imposed to constrain the Assad regime's ability to wage war against the Syrian people, and to help bring about a long-term political solution. While it is impossible to avoid impacting the Syrian civilian population, the EU has created a number of mechanisms to allow for humanitarian aid to continue. As the second largest bilateral donor to the humanitarian response in Syria since 2011, the UK is at the forefront of the response to the humanitarian crisis caused by the conflict. All EU sanctions against the Assad regime are annually reviewed and agreed by each of the 28 EU Member States.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 18/12/2017 13:32:42 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

800445

registered interest
date	04/12/2017
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Syria: Peace Negotiations
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Democratic Federation of Northern Syria is included in the Geneva Peace Negotiations; and if not, why not.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL3832
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2017 answer text <p>Invitations to participate in the Geneva talks are a matter for the UN Special Envoy. The so-called Democratic Federation of Northern Syria has not participated in the UN-mediated peace talks in Geneva. It is not referred to in UN Security Council Resolution 2254 which sets the framework for these talks. However, Kurdish groups have been represented in Geneva through the Kurdish National Council, as part of the opposition High Negotiations Committee and in the latest round as part of the refreshed Syria Negotiations Commission. Furthermore the UN Special Envoy has involved Kurdish and other minority groups in civil society discussions alongside formal talks in Geneva.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 18/12/2017 13:28:37 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

800446

registered interest
date	04/12/2017
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Middle East and North Africa: Radicalism
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report by the Centre for Strategic and International Studies, Building Young People’s Resilience to Violent Extremism in the Middle East and North Africa, published on 15 November; what action they have taken in the past two years to support the building of such resilience; how much, if any, they have spent in each of those years on that action; and who were the recipients of any such funding.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL3833
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2017 answer text <p>The British Council All Party Parliamentary Group report on Building Young People's Resilience to Violent Extremism in the Middle East and North Africa was released on 12 December. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has contributed to the report, with the then Minister for the Middle East and Africa (Mr Ellwood) providing verbal evidence to the Group earlier this year. I would refer the noble Lord to the report of my Hon. Friend's evidence session for further details. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office will be reviewing the recommendations carefully.</p><p>The Government's commitment to the wider international conflict and security agenda (including countering violent extremism) is underpinned through programmes, including through the Conflict, Stability and Security Fund (CSSF), which provides a wide range of targeted support to countries, many of which are in the Middle East and North Africa region</p><p>Summaries of CSSF programmes are publicly available.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 18/12/2017 17:29:05 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

800447

registered interest
date	04/12/2017
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Gaza: Egypt
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to make representations to (1) the government of Egypt, and (2) the Palestinian National Authority, about re-opening the Rafah crossing permanently.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL3834
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2017 answer text <p>​Officials from our Embassy in Cairo last discussed the Rafah crossing with the Egyptian government in November 2017. We continue to urge Egypt to show maximum flexibility in opening the Rafah crossing. We encourage the Palestinian Authority (PA) to fully resume its government functions in Gaza, and ensure that the reconciliation process is compliant with the Quartet Principles. Officials from our Consulate-General in Jerusalem frequently urge the PA to take steps to improve humanitarian conditions in Gaza.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 18/12/2017 13:25:10 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

800448

registered interest
date	04/12/2017
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Turkey: Kurds
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to call in the Turkish Ambassador following the recent statement by President Erdogan about clearing Afrin Canton, in Syria, of militias.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL3835
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2017 answer text <p>We have no such plans to summon the Turkish ambassador.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 18/12/2017 17:28:23 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

800449

registered interest
date	04/12/2017
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Israel: Palestinians
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their response to the report by the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, published on 23 October; and how they assess what is a reasonable and expeditious time period for bringing the occupation to a close.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL3836
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2017 answer text <p>The UK remains concerned about the human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPTs). We remain firmly committed to the promotion and protection of human rights and compliance with international law in the OPTs. We have a regular dialogue with the Government of Israel with regard to the implementation of their obligations under international law and regularly and robustly raise our serious concerns on issues relating to Israeli actions in the OPTs. The Government firmly believes a just and lasting resolution that ends the occupation and delivers peace for both Israelis and Palestinians is long overdue. Without a negotiated settlement the occupation and the problems that come with it will continue​.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 19/12/2017 15:32:56 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton